Im not sure tbh, someone probably has a good answere.
But from my perspective they didnt look sharp at all after the first win vrs Liquid, drafts got strange and theier plays were at times straight bad.
Gambits aggression was very good and hit us hard, EG had no way of playing Dota rly.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

June 24 2019 16:52 GMT

#4362

EG for me tilted themselves out of the Liquid series and that tilt proved stupidly costly in the Gambit series. If they have not woken up they will lose to OG and be out fast of this tournament. They play Secret in a bo3 if they manage to somehow beat OG tomorrow as well.

To go from dominated Liquid in game 1 to changing the draft and tilting yourself out of the series it felt like, then the gambit series they are picking the likes of Terrorblade carry vs a bara/engima/lycan line up which just wants to run at you lol.

Doneld G.

61 Posts

June 25 2019 16:54 GMT

#4363

Shitty performance from the team during the group stages. Got outdrafted in the game against OG. Really hope they have a great bootcamp and can place well at TI.

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

June 25 2019 16:55 GMT

#4364

Outplayed... plain and simple, GG OG, even without theier flower.

That was so frustrating to watch rly... why didnt EG push with the 20k lead at 20 mins??

NInoff

Bulgaria1105 Posts

June 25 2019 17:02 GMT

#4365

On June 26 2019 01:54 Doneld G. wrote:
Shitty performance from the team during the group stages. Got outdrafted in the game against OG. Really hope they have a great bootcamp and can place well at TI.

Nope they got outplayed. Hard. Kyle explained it best - they had a HUGE advantage, and didn't push it when they could. Instead they run around killing Topson and Ceb around their t2 area. 15 min Radiance manta - you push. And OG needed 4-5 heroes to kill just alchemist alone. Instead they farmed... Its a weird situation as they all have so much experience, and felt like they had the end game in the bag against all that mobility? 6 slotted slark? How?
Whoever made the call to farm 20 mins in - lost the game. As simple as that.

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

June 25 2019 17:07 GMT

#4366

On June 26 2019 01:55 Atoissen wrote:
Outplayed... plain and simple, GG OG, even without theier flower.

That was so frustrating to watch rly... why didnt EG push with the 20k lead at 20 mins??

Alch even though was really farmed was too weak to frontline a 20 min push without his ult. I think they wanted to end quickly, like TNC's 3rd game today. Radiance illusions are a pain in the ass to deal against, also their healing ward was too vulnerable to be killed without OG having to commit anything. OG got the better draft, they had the easier game plan wich is to hold until late game when EG doesn't have any burst to win fights.

Disclaimer: didn't watch first 25~ mins and i'm trying to read from a draft/end game perspective.

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

June 26 2019 06:57 GMT

#4367

This really disappointing, I hope they can have a good bootcamp and have a strong performance at TI :/

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

June 26 2019 21:03 GMT

#4368

Its fine, get the shit performances out the way they clearly dont understand this patch just like many other teams in this tourney who have gone out, Secret etc. They went into it trying what they believed in and wasn't good, nothing lost though so now a huge break to focus on grinding to TI. They will bounce back there. This lan has proven that a lot of different results happening, shame another year and no EG win at a major but TI is always the goal.

theqat

United States2856 Posts

July 01 2019 02:22 GMT

#4369

sumail said on his stream the other night that they all played like shit in Moscow. Can't really disagree as they all seemed to be doing the usual stuff but without the execution. Hoping they pull it together for TI

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

July 12 2019 08:50 GMT

#4370

So I guess they boys are bootcamping hard now. After the last year it's so weird to not see them in qualifiers haha

theqat

United States2856 Posts

July 22 2019 14:36 GMT

#4371

lately there's been lots of rtz Voids and Sumail Gyros (going travels/veil) in pubs. Fly is also pubbing but I didn't notice anything special in the heroes

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

July 24 2019 11:35 GMT

#4372

Watched some Crit and s4 streamings... Both guys are doing well, Crit was rank29 at the time and had a 6-7 game win streak

Crit mentioned on stream taht he feels there is some kind of fofflane meta building in pubs,"offlane is doing very good every game".

theqat

United States2856 Posts

July 24 2019 20:59 GMT

#4373

rtz is playing CK a lot now. Look for a top 10 account like "t______2015" (forgot the full name) for his current smurf

e: turns out it's tiange2015

saocyn

United States937 Posts

July 26 2019 20:53 GMT

#4374

On July 25 2019 05:59 theqat wrote:
rtz is playing CK a lot now. Look for a top 10 account like "t______2015" (forgot the full name) for his current smurf

e: turns out it's tiange2015

we the fans salute your obsessive stalking!

theqat

United States2856 Posts

July 29 2019 19:25 GMT

#4375

They are in China now. Or at least sumail and crit are, but I imagine the rest as well

and cr1t was seen playing pubs (random draft!) last night. Sccc was on his team for one of them

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

August 08 2019 20:36 GMT

#4376

New Life of a Genius featuring our boi Artour

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

August 10 2019 21:26 GMT

#4377

Good episode! Lets go hypeeeeee. TI9 IN 5 DAYS

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

August 10 2019 21:29 GMT

#4378

HAIP! Can't wait to see the bois in action. Bleed Blue!!!

Bodhi

United States180 Posts

August 12 2019 14:52 GMT

#4379

Every year I predict that Arteezy will win TI and it really feels like this is the year.

And if not, send S4 back to Alliance and try again

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

August 12 2019 16:57 GMT

#4380

Every damn time they are good but missing something. They didn't find that something this DPC, but i believe they could be the team that figured stuff out this year